D C Ross is a Dunedin, NZ based engineering and manufacturing firm.The company works in the following areas:Supplying finished, semi finished and assembled fine blanked components and assembliesManufacturing and servicing high precision fine blank tooling, conventional sheet metal toolingCarrying out precision and general engineering OUR CUSTOMERSNew Zealand customers:Fisher & PaykelAssa AbloyMilmeQSchneider ElectricalNZ Government International customers:AI LtdFuturis Drivetrain Systems AlburyFMP BallaratChassis Brake Melbourne and ThailandAkebono Brake South CarolinaFINE BLANKING & STAMPINGOur press shop operates three 320 Tonne and two 250 Tonne Fine Blank presses. We also operate several conventional presses up to 200 tonnes capacity. Work is done to customer order or schedule.Processes available in the press shop Thermal stress reliefVibratory deburringBelt grinding / linishing (for burr removal)Component assembly Finishing processes are subcontracted as required and coordinated from Dunedin (heat treating, corrosion protection, specialised packaging and delivery etc) Contract toolmakingWork performed includes the manufacture and servicing of fine blank and traditional sheet metal tooling, injection mould tooling, jigs, fixtures, gauges and general engineering work.CNC machining: milling, EDM wirecut, deep hole drilling and production machining.Manually operated machining: manual lathe and milling work, electro discharge spark eroder, jig grinder, cylindrical grinding, surface grinding and a Heinrich Schmid precision copy mill. Used for hard machining features on 60RC dieplates.HEAT TREATING & WAREHOUSINGHigh volume heat treatment is undertaken at Metal Treatment Services in Melbourne. Other available processes include shot peening.
